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How Many People Across America Are at Risk of Losing Their Health Insurance?

Between 2010 and 2015, more than 19 million people in the United States gained health insurance, mostly through key provisions under the Affordable Care Act, according to an analysis by the Urban Institute.

Number of people younger than 65

who became insured in each state,

from 2010 to 2015

WASH.

ME.

531,000

22,000

MONT.

N.D.

VT.

54,000

18,000

21,000

ORE.

MINN.

54,000

387,000

N.H.

241,000

N.Y.

IDAHO

WIS.

S.D.

106,000

MASS.

968,000

MICH.

104,000

212,000

7,000

75,000

WYO.

R.I.

603,000

23,000

116,000

PA.

CONN.

IOWA

NEV.

OHIO

481,000

409,000

NEB.

N.J.

ILL.

138,000

285,000

630,000

38,000

72,000

874,000

DEL.

MD.

UTAH

IND.

24,000

W.VA.

CALIF.

277,000

D.C.

COLO.

140,000

316,000

155,000

3,849,000

407,000

VA.

MO.

KAN.

KY.

263,000

202,000

132,000

382,000

N.C.

TENN.

509,000

ARIZ.

OKLA.

251,000

N.M.

ARK.

S.C.

391,000

181,000

ALA.

182,000

232,000

293,000

188,000

GA.

MISS.

554,000

TEX.

147,000

1,749,000

LA.

ALASKA

243,000

FLA.

28,000

1,539,000

HAWAII

48,000

Number of people younger than 65

who became insured in each state,

from 2010 to 2015

WASH.

ME.

531,000

22,000

MONT.

N.D.

VT.

54,000

18,000

21,000

ORE.

MINN.

54,000

387,000

N.H.

241,000

N.Y.

IDAHO

WIS.

S.D.

106,000

MASS.

968,000

104,000

MICH.

212,000

7,000

WYO.

75,000

R.I.

603,000

23,000

PA.

116,000

CONN.

IOWA

NEV.

481,000

OHIO

NEB.

409,000

ILL.

N.J.

138,000

285,000

630,000

72,000

874,000

38,000

MD.

DEL.

UTAH

IND.

277,000

W.VA.

CALIF.

24,000

140,000

COLO.

D.C.

316,000

155,000

3,849,000

407,000

VA.

MO.

KAN.

KY.

263,000

202,000

132,000

382,000

N.C.

TENN.

509,000

ARIZ.

OKLA.

251,000

N.M.

391,000

ARK.

181,000

S.C.

ALA.

182,000

232,000

293,000

188,000

GA.

MISS.

554,000

TEX.

147,000

1,749,000

LA.

ALASKA

243,000

FLA.

28,000

1,539,000

HAWAII

48,000

Maps show the number of people

younger than 65 who became

insured, from 2010 to 2015

ME.

Northeast

22,000

VT.

21,000

N.H.

54,000

N.Y.

MASS.

968,000

106,000

CONN.

R.I.

116,000

75,000

PA.

N.J.

481,000

409,000

DEL.

MD.

38,000

277,000

W.VA.

D.C.

155,000

24,000

South

VA.

KY.

263,000

382,000

N.C.

OKLA.

TENN.

509,000

181,000

251,000

ARK.

232,000

ALA.

S.C.

188,000

293,000

GA.

MISS.

TEX.

554,000

147,000

1,749,000

LA.

FLA.

243,000

1,539,000

Midwest

N.D.

18,000

MINN.

241,000

WIS.

S.D.

MICH.

212,000

7,000

603,000

IOWA

OHIO

NEB.

ILL.

138,000

630,000

72,000

874,000

IND.

316,000

MO.

KAN.

202,000

132,000

West

WASH.

531,000

MONT.

54,000

ORE.

387,000

IDAHO

104,000

WYO.

23,000

NEV.

285,000

UTAH

CALIF.

140,000

COLO.

3,849,000

407,000

ARIZ.

N.M.

391,000

182,000

ALASKA

28,000

HAWAII

48,000

Maps show the number of people

younger than 65 who became

insured, from 2010 to 2015

ME.

Northeast

22,000

VT.

21,000

N.H.

54,000

N.Y.

MASS.

968,000

106,000

R.I.

CONN.

116,000

75,000

PA.

N.J.

481,000

409,000

DEL.

MD.

38,000

277,000

W.VA.

D.C.

155,000

24,000

South

VA.

KY.

263,000

382,000

N.C.

OKLA.

TENN.

509,000

181,000

251,000

ARK.

232,000

ALA.

S.C.

188,000

293,000

GA.

MISS.

TEX.

554,000

147,000

1,749,000

LA.

FLA.

243,000

1,539,000

Midwest

N.D.

18,000

MINN.

241,000

WIS.

S.D.

MICH.

212,000

7,000

603,000

IOWA

OHIO

NEB.

ILL.

138,000

630,000

72,000

874,000

IND.

316,000

MO.

KAN.

202,000

132,000

West

WASH.

531,000

MONT.

54,000

ORE.

387,000

IDAHO

104,000

WYO.

23,000

NEV.

285,000

UTAH

CALIF.

140,000

COLO.

3,849,000

407,000

ARIZ.

N.M.

391,000

182,000

ALASKA

28,000

HAWAII

48,000

Many of the newly insured were not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid but too poor to buy their own coverage. Others were shut out because of pre-existing conditions.

These groups and others make up the millions that the Congressional Budget Office says could lose their coverage under the Republican plans to repeal and possibly replace the Affordable Care Act.

“All of the elements that enabled more people to get insurance under Obamacare — protections for pre-existing conditions, the expansion of Medicaid and subsidies to make insurance more affordable — are potentially at risk under the various options the Senate is debating,” said Larry Levitt, a policy expert at the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Under six Republican proposals that the Congressional Budget Office had analyzed, the number of uninsured in America would increase by 22 million to 32 million people in 10 years — essentially erasing much of the gains made under the Affordable Care Act. A C.B.O. analysis released Wednesday night showed that a “skinny” repeal measure being floated by lawmakers would increase the number by 16 million in 10 years.

“It’s a dramatic understatement to say there’s uncertainty about where this debate will end up,” Mr. Levitt said.

Source: Urban Institute | Note: Numbers are for population younger than 65.